anyone else have these types of problems?

Well, all I can say at the moment is that Google appears to be up and running just fine from my ISP (I'm not on adelphia.) As for Dell, it also appears fine though I can not Ping it either. (Just a note, not all sites allow pings. It's a matter of router configuration at their provider. I don't know whether Dell used to allow pings, but, it doesn't at the moment.) Yahoo also looks fine to me.

It's possible that the route from your ISP to some sections of the Internet is disrupted for some reason. How long haven't you been able to get to Google & Yahoo? Given how big those are, it's rare that issues getting to them last long. Dell, as I said, since you can get there, may not be a problem.

 

Hi p00ter_nerd,

Well, looking at your recent posts here it appears you have both a software firewall (did you decide on LooknStop or Outpost?), and you also have a D-Link router. This problem could very well be caused by one those, which could be somehow blocking your Internet access.

Also, there was the work you did troubleshooting your system issues with your ISP. This might be complicating the issue a little, as well.

You need to start eliminating each of these as the possible cause. If the router is still in place and configured as a NAT device, you should be able to safely turn off the software firewall completely in order to test your ability to access those sites. If it all works, then the software firewall is the problem.

Another option is to remove the router from the configuration and run only the software firewall to see if the router is blocking your access. This is probably a little more difficult since it'll involve moving cable connections around.

When doing these different tests, the site I suggest testing with is trying to browse to http://www.google.com/ since that site is very big, almost always up and accessible to every ISP in the world (well, mostly). If you normally can't get to Google, then make a change and see if that let's you browse there.

Oh, you might also want to check for proxy configurations in your setup, perhaps in your browser. If you can ping Google, but not browse to it, you might simply have a bad proxy entry in IE > Internet Options > Connections.

I know this sounds like a lot of work, but, from your past posts, your setup may have some issues you need to still resolve.

 

Well, packet loss / time outs way out beyond the 17th hop is well away from your ISP's network, or should be. When you ping Google, (you said that worked), do you have lost packets?

Speaking of DSLR, have you tried their line quality test? It might be worth running that just to see what it's scan thinks of the routes back to your PC through your ISP.

You may also want to post the results and related issues at the DSLR Adelphia forum? Most of the ISP specific forums at DSLR can answer these types of problems much easier than we could here. Often they have ISP support people posting in the forums, and a large number of other users on the same ISP who can advise regarding such problems. It might be a common problem with a known solution.

Edit: Ah, I just check and found your thread there.

Edit 2: Also note here is a recent HijackThis Log posted at DSLR.